Set Your Course to Experience the Chesapeake
Have the story of the Chesapeake Bay at your fingertips. Take a tour of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, a fully restored 1879 cottage-style lighthouse. Pull up a crab pot, nipper for oysters, and experience the work of a Chesapeake waterman at Waterman’s Wharf. The Museum’s 18-acre waterfront campus is yours to explore with unlimited free admission for members.

Get With the Program
As a member you receive discounts on our interactive programs. From cruising or sailing the Miles River, to family concerts, to our Apprentice for a Day program, where you can help handcraft a traditional rowing skiff, learning the techniques from a shipwright at the Museum’s Boat Yard.

Empower Preservation
Your membership makes important preservation work possible. At the working Boat Yard you will see the restoration of Chesapeake Bay skipjacks—the country’s last commercial sailing fishing fleet. Watch as each skipjack is pulled out of the water onto our marine railway, and talk with the shipwrights and the captain as the boats are restored to return to dredging for oysters.

Enjoy Access
Museum members have a members-only express line at special events such as the Museum's Bay Day in April, the popular Antique and Classic Boat Festival in June, and our Chesapeake Folk Festival in July.

Join Our Growing Family
What’s in it for you? Great benefits, unique experiences, knowledge that you are making invaluable restoration work possible, being a part of our interactive programs at our events and festivals. Join our growing family who share a love of the Chesapeake Bay.

For more information, please contact the Membership Department at 410-745-2916.
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